Dizzy Storm Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 a while away but thought we'd get the word out on this show early...an amazing band!this is a DiZZY SToRM / perfucked joint promotion ENABLERS. Those cunning, compulsive and malevolent compatriots we eagerly allow to drag us along to our willful destruction. Those little demons that flutter in our ears encouraging us to do what we know best not to do.Fitting to its name, the San Francisco quartet Enablers writes songs that are equally manipulative and encouraging to our darkest desires. The band made up of journeyman veterans of Swans, Tarnation, Nice Strong Arm and Toiling Midgets merges dramatic and flowing melodic soundscapes of which SF Gate calls "possibly the world's best power trio" with the visceral spoken narratives of underground literaryveteran Pete Simonelli. It's almost as though the band's fluid and often soothing music exists to distract our better instincts while Simonelli whispers above it all, urging and lulling us into the dark, decrepit world of his words.Guitarist and recording engineer Joe Goldring has collaborated with Swans, Toiling Midgets, and Doug Scharin of June of 44 under the moniker Out in Worship, as well as with Neurosis Steve Von Tills solo projects.Guitarist/bassist Kevin Thomson, veteran of Timco and Nice Strong Arm, has been playing and touring for twenty years and with his own projects and has been a writing partner with Goldring for ten of those years collaborating on Morning Champ, Touched by a Janitor, and now Enablers.Drummer Yuma Joe Byrnes has lent his unique take on the trapset to Tarnation, Broken Horse and others.Pete Simonelli has been continually writing and publishing his efforts in underground literary journals for years and now brings his poems to the table for Enablers.Output Negative Space picks up where Enablers' previous Neurot Recordings album End Note left off, adding more soaring melody to the sometimes parched and brittle, sometimes coiling and steeped in tension. It's musically reminiscent of the dynamics of Slint and the raw neo-beat intellect of Saccharine Trust. And, above it all, Enablersmake music that exists in a realm beyond the typical sing-song gestures of traditional tunes. It's something altogether as powerful and motivating as our own psyche.check them out further at the following links....MySpace.com - enablers - SAN FRANCISCO, California - 2-step - www.myspace.com/enablersN E U R O T R E C O R D I N G Severyone i know who has seen this band/put them on, has been blown away by them...become infatuated...become their new favourite band...so we cant wait to host them here!TUESDAY 18TH MARCH 2008@ THE TUNNELSSUPPORTS ETC STBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Sounds good. Just gave them a wee listen. Figure i'll head along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Storm Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 everyone should go to their myspace and check out every single track...amazing...THEN you should track down END NOTE and buy either on vinyl at www.midmarchrrecords.com or on cd at N E U R O T R E C O R D I N G S along with the newest album Output Negative Space also i hear they're doing a split with a liverpool band i know called Red Panda which should be cool...more details to follow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vega Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Really liking the stuff on the myspace. Will definitely get the albums soon. I'll be at the gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 enablers are amazing, im glad they are finally coming to aberdeen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Had a listen on their Myspace, sounds pretty good. Would definitely consider coming to this, but would know nearer the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbroken Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 toiling midgets are ace. this gig will be amazing.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Good fucking job on getting this one booked **tips hat**. I'll definitely be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Storm Posted January 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 i was sick of that 'simple kid' thread being top of the forum so im just bumping this! in fact its the next show im involved in as it happens....so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huw Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 ....so farsalivating with anticipation.i might get down to this... sounds good.the only thing that put me off was when i heard 'jizzed on her face'. nae cool. voice reminds me of eugene from oxbow a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humey Whilem Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Very, VERY sexy. Can I say that? I will try to remember to come out for this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Stax Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Very, VERY sexy. Can I say that? I will try to remember to come out for this one!FInally he is 'coming out'. I have had my suspicions for some time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Storm Posted February 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 Enablers reviewjust listening to, and getting psyched for Enablers in just over a months time...woo!!...and found this pretty nifty review...“This is a bit like The Doors, that kind of shit…”The guys behind me, two of them, continue to chatter; for a second my attention’s diverted, stolen from the scintillating Pete Simonelli, livewire and wiry frontman of San Francisco’s Enablers. His band – three men crafting delicate one moment, mighty the next quasi-post-rock constructions that tower and topple with alarming regularity – don’t sound a fucking thing like dead drugfuck Jim Morrison’s ridiculously praised shitweasels.My focus returns to what should be a stage, if it were raised in any way. Tonight we’re in the Red Room of Brick Lane’s Vibe Bar, a strangely decorated space where bands can roam freely about the crowd: there is no dividing line, no change of level to aid viewing. Simonelli takes full advantage of the environment, weaving his way through the front few rows once, twice, again, each time finding another’s eyes to meet, another soul to scorch about the edges. He, you see, is where much of the audience’s attention is directed, for while Enablers’ music is dramatic and powerful, it’s Simonelli’s words that truly make this quartet unique. Comparisons have been made, wrongly: mouth ‘beat poetry’ at the vocalist and he’ll likely kick you in the shins and tip his beer over your head. Like previous references to Slint so far as the band’s music goes, scribes placing Simonelli atop a pedestal previously reserved for Kerouac et al miss the point; the point being that this is an experience that defies precedent, that stands alone of specific influence or exact peers on a level playing field. All bets are off from the opening screech of impassioned vocals into microphones into monitors into ears pierced, literally, by the intensity of it all. Joe Goldring and Kevin Thomson play jarring guitars, repetitive rhythms one side meeting warm overtones of fuzz and fumbles in the dark after three too many like oceans colliding off the Cape of Good Hope. Their skyscraping sonic artistry provides the perfect foil for Simonelli’s remarkable performance: the man looks like an Irish bar drunk, hunched more often than erect, hair working its way back, back, back to that which grows from between his shoulder blades; his tongue, though, is the perfect athlete, electric, unstoppable. Mention must be made, also, of drummer Yuma Joe Byrnes, whose brushing percussion loses all patience frequently, resulting in a bombast predominantly reserved for the most brutal of metal outfits. The effect is overwhelming, utterly: faces stare, stunned, as Simonelli embarks upon yet another engrossing late-night venture into his own synapses, into the darkest crevices of his creativity. To wander his mind would be comparable to finding a countryside pub with Will Self, Ghandi and Einstein around the same small table, in a side booth where the almost-muted football match – old division three – couldn’t disturb their trivial discussions. Questions would, and do, go unanswered, each new tangent leaving behind twists never remedied, turns never completed. The car went off, down the hillside, exploded in flames of fuckin’ furious wonder. “This is a bit like The Doors…”Yeah, and there they are. Perhaps you should have used ‘em sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 this will be tecklewho is supporting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Storm Posted February 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 still confirming but will have sorted soon promise as will the 2 poster/flier designs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Storm Posted February 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 cant wait to hear them play And Last Night? one of my faves....wee link to it live but its a bit dark... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 yeah, Im on an end note binge again!eye would have been a tremendous support for thisi miss themregardless of the support, this gig will be incredible. im secretly hoping for and last night? and georges skies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 In the last week alone he's seen a rage collect in the pith of him, life a hundred pound desk over his scrawny, rummy-wan frame and swing down, smashing the fucker to kindling right in the middle of the street, the neighbors stopping their varied business to gape at what might come next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkt Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 I've just realised this is Enablers not the gruff punk rock of The Enablers from Florida Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 kirk, I have a feeling you will love this lot too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Storm Posted February 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 enablers supportssupports confirmed...VACUNAUT - from glasgow...new 3 piece synth/heavy rock from outer space.. featuring one ex-Macrocosmican Gordon....Equal elements of Hawkwind, Sabbath and Can..."Cosmic rockers land on earth in search of the mighty riff. Heavy, trippy proto-metal that lies somewhere between classic Sabbath and early Hawkwind"BLACK CHANNELS - ex Allergo/current Mesa Verde member(s) new projectMySpace.com - Black Channels - Glasgow/Perth, UK - Other / Punk / Rock - www.myspace.com/blackchannelsboat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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framheim Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 that is an awesome poster!that's the kind of poster we should've had for valhella back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Storm Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 totally dave!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Storm Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 an early review of End Note from Time Out, New York...EnablersEnd Note (Neurot)From Jim Morrison to Henry Rollins, overblown egos have frequently blemished the history of spoken-word rock. Far too often, the subgenre is characterized by some literary aspirant thoughtlessly eclipsing a trickle of forgettable background music. Thus it's quite a feat that San Francisco's Enablers have turned their poetry-topped instrumental workouts into life-affirming displays of beauty and fury. Vocalist Pete Simonelli is a gritty, observant narrator rather than a verbose, exaggerated frontman. His clear enunciation, dry diction and controlled passion lend impact and credibility to smart, hard-boiled phrases that range from explicit ("You motherfuckers are goin' to jail") to exquisite ("The ice in her drink melts quicker than everyone else's"). Fortunately, he also knows when to shut up and bow to the tightrope-walking guitars of Joe Goldring (Swans, Toiling Midgets, Touched by a Janitor) and Kevin Thomson (Timco, Nice Strong Arm, Touched by a Janitor); their moody, intertwined meanderings unexpectedly erupt into wrenching, righteous convulsions that spew fire, mud and debris in all directions. Drummer Yuma Joe Byrnes (Tarnation, Broken Horse) exhibits similar finesse, effortlessly easing out of burly fits and into restrained patter, grazed by rim shots and fluttering, elongated rolls.Recorded live in the studio, End Note equally stresses the importance of both Simonelli's texts and the band's expressive investigations of tension and release. Enablers' first-rate debut doesn't just raise the bar for verse-infused postpunkit deftly rewrites the book.Jordan N. Mamone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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